Council Regulation (EC) No 1355/2007 of 19 November 2007 adopting autonomous and transitional measures to open Community tariff quotas for the import of sausages and certain meat products originating in Switzerland
Date: 2007-11-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Switzerland, import, import policy, meat product, originating product, tariff quota

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1355/2007

of 19 November 2007

adopting autonomous and transitional measures to open Community tariff quotas for the import of
sausages and certain meat products originating in Switzerland

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

finalising both bilateral procedures
implementation measures by Parties.

and subsequent

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

establishing the European

(3)

in particular,

Detailed rules for the implementation of this Regulation
the provisions required for quota
and,
management should be adopted in accordance with the
procedure referred to in Article 24(2) of Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the
common market organisation in pigmeat (3).

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(4)

To be eligible for the benefit of
these tariff quotas,
products should originate in Switzerland in accordance
with the rules referred to in Article 4 of the Agreement,

(1)

that

referred to as

trade
The Community and Switzerland agree
concessions
in sausages and certain meat products
previously granted by Switzerland to some Member
States only, by virtue of pre-existing bilateral agreements
between those Member States and Switzerland, should be
consolidated within the framework of
the Agreement
between the European Community and the Swiss
Confederation on trade in agricultural products (1) (here-
the ‘Agreement’), which was
inafter
approved by Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of
the
the Commission (2) and entered into
Council and of
force on 1 June 2002. The consolidation of
these
concessions will take place together with an increase of
preferences in sausages and certain meat products. This
includes the opening of new Community tariff quotas for
the import of different products falling under CN codes
ex 0210 19 50,
and
ex 1602 49 19, originating in Switzerland.

ex 0210 19 81,

ex 1601 00

(2)

The bilateral procedures for adapting the concessions in
Annexes 1 and 2 to the Agreement will take time. In
order to ensure that quota benefit is available until the
said adaptation enters into force,
it is appropriate to
open those tariff quotas on an autonomous and tran-
sitional basis and to do so from 1 January 2008 until
31 December 2009. This will ensure ample time for

(1) OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132. Agreement as last amended by
on Agriculture

Joint Committee

Decision 1/2007 of
the
(OJ L 173, 3.7.2007, p. 31).

(2) Decision of the Council, and of the Commission as regards the
Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, of 4
April 2002, on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the
Swiss Confederation (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
A duty-free Community tariff quota for products and
volume listed in the Annex and originating in Switzerland
shall be opened annually, on an autonomous and transitional
basis, for the period from 1 January to 31 December, under the
order number 09.4180. It shall be opened from 1 January 2008
and shall end on 31 December 2009.

2.
The rules of origin applicable to the products referred to
in paragraph 1 shall be those referred to in Article 4 of the
Agreement.

Article 2

The detailed rules for the implementation of this Regulation
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to
in Article 24(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(3) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 November 2007.

For the Council
The President

L. AMADO

ANNEX

CN code

Description of goods

Duty applicable

Quantity in tonnes
(net weight of product)

ex 0210 19 50

in brine, boneless, enclosed in a bladder or in an

Hams,
artificial gut

0

1 900

ex 0210 19 81

Piece of boneless chop, smoked

ex 1601 00

Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood;
food preparations based on these products, of animals of
headings 0101 to 0104, excluding wild boar

ex 0210 19 81
ex 1602 49 19

Pork neck, dried in air, seasoned or not, whole, in pieces or
thinly sliced